A 29-year-old pickup truck driver was killed early Tuesday morning in a collision with a tractor-trailer in East Huntingdon Township.The Westmoreland County coroner said speed is believed to have been a factor when Joshua Overly’s truck hit a tractor-trailer about 2 a.m. Tuesday on Route 31 near Hockey Road.Overly was traveling east when his truck hit the tractor-trailer as it turned into the westbound lane, the coroner said.Overly, of East Huntingdon, was not wearing a seat belt, the coroner said. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:57 a.m.An autopsy will not be performed. Toxicology tests will not be available for several weeks.

EAST HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

A 29-year-old pickup truck driver was killed early Tuesday morning in a collision with a tractor-trailer in East Huntingdon Township.

The Westmoreland County coroner said speed is believed to have been a factor when Joshua Overly’s truck hit a tractor-trailer about 2 a.m. Tuesday on Route 31 near Hockey Road.

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Overly was traveling east when his truck hit the tractor-trailer as it turned into the westbound lane, the coroner said.

Overly, of East Huntingdon, was not wearing a seat belt, the coroner said. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:57 a.m.

An autopsy will not be performed. Toxicology tests will not be available for several weeks.